Vincentian national football team

St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Nickname (s)

Vincy Heat

Association

St. Vincent and The Grenadines Football Federation

confederacy

CONCACAF

Head coach

Kendale Mercury (since 2018)

captain

Theon Gordon

Record scorer

Shandel Samuel (33)

Home stadium

Arnos Vale Stadium

FIFA code

VIN

FIFA rank

167. (986 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

Balance sheet

139 games
43 wins
30 draws
66 losses

statistics

First international match Grenada 2-0 SV&G ( Bridgetown , Barbados ; July 2, 1989)

Biggest win Montserrat 0:11 SV&G ( Montserrat ; May 7, 1995)

Biggest defeat Mexico 11-0 SV&G ( Mexico City , Mexico; December 6, 1992)

Successes in tournaments

North and Central American Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( first : 1996 )

Best results

1st round, 1996

(As of February 19, 2012)

The Vincentian national soccer team is the national soccer team of the Caribbean island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines . She is one of the better of the small Caribbean national teams of the continental association CONCACAF . So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for the soccer World Cup . In 1996, however, one could qualify once for the CONCACAF Gold Cup , but did not get beyond the preliminary round.

Tournaments

World Championship

1930 to 1990 - did not participate
1994 - The team competed for the first time in qualifying for the 1994 Soccer World Cup in the USA . In group Caribbean 3 in the first round, they defeated St. Lucia 0-1 and 3-1. After a win against Cuba without a fight , they met Surinam in the final and won 0-0 and 2-1. In the second round, however, they were eliminated from Group A with Mexico , Honduras and Costa Rica as the bottom of the group without a point or win.
1998 - Qualification for the 1998 World Cup in France began for the team in Group Caribbean 3 with a 2-1 and 7-0 win over Puerto Rico . In the final of the preliminary round they defeated St. Kitts and Nevis thanks to the away goal rule with 2: 2 and 0: 0. In Group 3 of the semi-finals, you had to give up as a pointless group bottom against Jamaica , Mexico and Honduras .
2002 - The qualification for the Football World Cup 2002 was similar to the two previous ones: In the preliminary round you could win the Caribbean zone 2 with victories against the American Virgin Islands (9: 0 and 5: 1), St. Kitts and Nevis (1: 0 and 2: 1) and Antigua and Barbuda (1: 2 and 4: 0) win. In group 2 of the intermediate round, however, they were eliminated again as bottom of the group. This time against Jamaica , El Salvador and Honduras .
2006 - The second round of qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, this time Nicaragua as an opponent. This could be defeated with 2.2 and 4: 1. In the third round you had to compete in Group 3 against Mexico , Trinidad and Tobago and St. Kitts and Nevis and were eliminated as third in the group with 2 wins and 6 points.
2010 - As part of qualifying for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the team met the Canadian national team in the second round of the CONCACAF zone . The first leg on June 15, 2008 took place in Kingstown (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), the second leg on June 20 in Montreal ( Canada ). Both games were clearly lost (0: 3 and 1: 4). So the team was eliminated.

2014 - In the qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil they met in the second round in Group E on Guatemala , Belize and Grenada . After one win, 2 draws and 3 defeats, they were eliminated as third party.

2018 - In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the team reached the fourth round after victories against Guyana (2: 2 and 4: 4) and Aruba (2: 0 and 1: 2), finishing behind the USA , Trinidad and Tobago and Guatemala, however, came in last and were eliminated.